Inside My Mind (A Harry Potter Fanfiction)

Chapter XVIII

Hogwarts, Unplottable Location, Scotland, Great Britain

Saturday the 29th of May 1993

10:10 PM

As soon as the light cleared, Bella stepped inside. She stared around in awe. The room was wide and open. There was one high back chair that was turned towards the fire but there were mile high bookcases. So many books and they looked brand new. The pages looked freshly cut from what Bella could see. She gasped in wonder when she realized that one person wrote it all.

The Girl-Who-Lived suddenly remembered what she had come down there for. She scanned the area before looking at the fireplace. Lying right in front of the mantle were two children, their hands locked together. Bella sprinted over and looked down at them.

Ginny's hair was spread out in a halo and her face looked relaxed. Gideon was just as pale as his sister, causing his freckles to jump out at her. He didn't look as relaxed as his sister. He looked tormented. Around their necks, linking them together was a gold chain. The symbol of the Deathly Hallows hung from the golden chain.

Bella touched her hand to Gideon's cheek. He was cold and his skin felt slightly waxy. Ginny was slightly warmer than him but only slightly.

"Well, aren't you a pretty one?"

Bella spun around, not recognizing the voice.

Her eyes widened when it found the source. A boy was sitting in the chair across from her. His leg was crossed, primly and he was sitting with his back ramrod straight. He had a large book with leather bindings in his lap.

Piercing navy eyes were rimmed with dark circles and he had an angular face. Light blonde hair sat atop his head and fell to his shoulders in wild curls. However, Bella knew he was a wizard. The boy donned dark grey robes. He looked 17. All in all, he was beautiful.

"Who are you?" Bella asked, in a quiet voice. She positioned herself in front of the twins, ready to block them from any attack.

"A witness, you could call me" the beautiful boy said, off handedly. Bella glared at him in anger.

"Why didn't you do anything?" she demanded. The beautiful boy shrugged.

"I don't have a wand. They're not dead. So…you are the beautiful Bella Potter. What a pleasure to meet you" the boy said. Bella glared at him, even if a light blush covered her cheeks.

"Yes, I'm Bella Potter. What happened here?" Bella asked, turning back to Gideon and Ginny. The Girl-Who-Lived swept a stray curl from Gideon's forehead, tenderly. The boy studied her, closely.

"They paid the price for opening the Library."

"WHAT! They opened the Library? But…but I thought they liked me" Bella said, in shock. The boy's lips curled into a cruel smile as he surveyed Bella's shock. Bella didn't even notice. She looked at the twins with a sense of betrayal filling her.

"Oh, they do. 'Oh, Bella Potter is so nice to me!' 'Oh! Do you think she'll like my song?' Do you know how utterly annoying it is to hear two eleven-year-olds going on and on about an insignificant little girl?" the boy snapped. Bella's eyes widened as she detected what he had called her.